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title: "Rhinobatos thouin"
description: "Glaucostegus thouin — Peixes. The clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin) is a critically endangered species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/clubnose-guitarfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rhinobatos thouin

> Glaucostegus thouin — Peixes. The clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin) is a critically endangered species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family.

- Scientific name: *Glaucostegus thouin*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1
- Wikidata: [Q3318595](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3318595)
- iNaturalist taxon: [188801](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/188801)

## Names

- en: Clubnose guitarfish
- es: Rhinobatos thouin
- nl: Rhinobatos thouin
- pt: Rhinobatos thouin

## Summary

The clubnose guitarfish (Glaucostegus thouin) is a critically endangered species of ray in the Glaucostegidae family. It is found from shallow coastal waters to a depth of 60 m (200 ft) in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from India to Southeast Asia, and also in the Red Sea. There are also old unconfirmed records from the Mediterranean and Suriname.
It reaches up to 3 m (9.8 ft) in length, but typically is less than 2.5 m (8.2 ft).It is pale yellowish or brownish with a pale snout. It has an unusual club-like tip of the snout, which separates it from other members of the genus Glaucostegus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubnose_guitarfish

## Photo

![Rhinobatos thouin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/clubnose-guitarfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francis Day · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhinobates_thouini_Day_190.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/clubnose-guitarfish?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).